LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine and LaMarcus Aldridge, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zach LaVine, who played 12. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Zach LaVine
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+14	+2.6	+1.1	+1.9	+0.3	+2.2	+3.2	+0.4	+1.1	-1.8	-0.9	+0.1	+1.2	+.081	+0.7	+2.2		+0.6	+0.5	+.120
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Zach LaVine
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791
difference:	+18	+5.1	+1.9	+2.8	+1.3	+4.1	+2.4		+0.8	-1.5	-0.5	+0.3	+0.5	+.033	+1.9	+4.8	+.200	+0.7	+0.5	+.041
Zach LaVine	63	34.5	23.7	0.6	4.0	4.7	4.5	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	8.4	18.0	.467	1.9	5.1	.374	5.0	6.0	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Zach LaVine
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814
difference:	+5	+1.5	+3.8	+2.0	+1.2	+3.2	+1.8	+0.6	+0.3	-1.4	-0.6	+0.2	+2.9	+.062	+3.1	+7.9	+.198	+0.4	+0.6	+.012
Zach LaVine	60	34.8	25.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	4.2	1.5	0.5	3.4	2.2	9.0	20.0	.450	3.1	8.1	.380	4.5	5.6	.802
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Zach LaVine
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810
difference:	+16	+2.6	+6.3	+1.8	+2.3	+4.1	+2.3		+0.7	-1.6	-0.1	+1.2	+1.6	+.023	+3.4	+8.0	+.276	+0.6	+0.4	+.039
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Zach LaVine
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	69	36.2	23.2	2.4	8.7	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.1	9.4	20.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.200	4.3	5.2	.822
difference:	+2	+1.5	+1.2	+2.1	+4.4	+6.5	+1.9	+0.3	+0.7	-0.8	-0.3	+1.0	+2.9	+.018	+2.8	+6.9	+.189	+0.5	+0.4	+.031
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	11	40.1	26.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.6	10.3	22.7	.452	0.2	0.3	.667	5.5	6.8	.800
difference:	+7	+1.8	+6.9	+2.7	+2.6	+5.3	+4.5	+0.2	+1.3	-1.3	-1.3	+3.5	+6.9	+.023	+2.1	+5.7	+.292	+2.0	+3.0	+.133
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933

Season 9
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Zach LaVine
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	71	35.4	23.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.8	9.3	19.9	.466	0.5	1.5	.352	4.3	5.1	.845
difference:	+6	+0.5	+1.4	+2.0	+3.8	+5.7	+2.5	+0.2	+0.8	-0.8	-0.3	+0.6	+1.9	+.019	+2.1	+5.6	+.023	+0.4	+0.5	+.003
Zach LaVine	77	35.9	24.8	0.5	3.9	4.5	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.5	2.1	8.7	18.0	.485	2.6	7.1	.375	4.7	5.6	.848
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	41.6	21.8	4.2	7.0	11.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.6	3.2	7.4	22.4	.330	0.6	2.2	.273	6.4	7.2	.889
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Zach LaVine
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	30.6	18.0	2.4	6.2	8.5	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.0	7.2	14.1	.513	0.0	0.2	.000	3.5	4.1	.858
difference:	+49	+4.3	+1.5	+2.1	+1.4	+3.3	+2.4	+0.3	+0.8	-0.8	-0.3	+0.4	+0.9	+.061	+2.4	+6.6	+.349			+.004
Zach LaVine	25	34.9	19.5	0.3	4.8	5.2	3.9	0.8	0.3	2.1	2.3	6.8	15.0	.452	2.4	6.8	.349	3.5	4.1	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	10	33.7	21.9	2.2	6.1	8.3	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.8	8.8	16.9	.521	0.2	0.2	1.000	4.1	4.6	.891
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Zach LaVine
Season	2017-18	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	75	33.5	23.1	3.3	5.2	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.1	9.2	18.0	.510	0.4	1.2	.293	4.5	5.3	.837
difference:	+59		+2.6	+3.1	+2.1	+5.2	+0.2	+0.1	+1.1	-0.7	-0.2	+1.9	+3.3	+.012	+2.4	+5.9	+.093	+1.4	+1.8	+.056
Zach LaVine	16	33.5	20.5	0.2	3.1	3.3	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.3	14.7	.498	2.8	7.1	.386	3.1	3.5	.893
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	35.4	23.6	2.6	6.6	9.2	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.8	7.4	16.0	.463	0.6	1.0	.600	8.2	8.4	.976
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* LaMarcus Aldridge played 4 seasons more than Zach LaVine in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 2019 to 2022—LaMarcus Aldridge played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Zach LaVine, LaMarcus Aldridge got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game